CA1224353A - Procedure for washing cellulose - Google Patents

Procedure for washing cellulose

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CA1224353A
CA1224353A CA000433382A CA433382A CA1224353A CA 1224353 A CA1224353 A CA 1224353A CA 000433382 A CA000433382 A CA 000433382A CA 433382 A CA433382 A CA 433382A CA 1224353 A CA1224353 A CA 1224353A
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Erkki Yli-Vakkuri
Ensio Koskinen
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Stora Enso Oyj
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Enso Gutzeit Oy
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C9/00After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters ; Treatment of dilute or dewatered pulp or process improvement taking place after obtaining the raw cellulosic material and not provided for elsewhere
    • D21C9/02Washing ; Displacing cooking or pulp-treating liquors contained in the pulp by fluids, e.g. wash water or other pulp-treating agents
    • D21C9/06Washing ; Displacing cooking or pulp-treating liquors contained in the pulp by fluids, e.g. wash water or other pulp-treating agents in filters ; Washing of concentrated pulp, e.g. pulp mats, on filtering surfaces

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

In a process for washing cellulose in a drum a conti-nuous web is conducted through a plurality of mutually separated washing zones and in the procedure the pure washing liquid is introduced at the washing step which is last in the direction of travel of the web. This liquid displaces suspension fluid con-tained in the web and the latter is urged with the aid of a drained fluid pipe system to a washing step located upstream in the web's direction of travel and the displaced suspension fluid repeats the displacement washing process performed by the pure washing liquid in the last washing step. This process is repeated until each washing step has received a flow of washing liquid. To utilize the concentration raising capacity of the washing process and apparatus, before discharging the pulp, part of the drained fluid pipe system is emptied and the drained fluid therefrom obtained is returned to an earlier washing step.

Description

The present invention relates to a process for washing cellulose in a drum in a manner known per se, in which process a continuous web is conducted through a plurality of isolated wash-ing zones and in which, in the last washing step in the travel-ling direction of the web, the pure washing liquid is introducedwhich displaces suspension fluid contained in the web, which fluid is by a drained fluid pipe system urged to a washing step earlier in the travelling direction o~ the web, where said sus-pension fluid repeats the displacement washing effected by the pure washing liquid at the last washing step, this being repeated until all washing steps have been gone through.

The most common process of washing cellulose is to use three or four drums pro~ided with a wire fabric and constituting a washing line, at the beginning of which the cellulose to be washed is introduced at a dry matter content about 1%. The wash-ing takes place by flushing upon each drum, whereafter the cellu-lose is conducted into the basin of the next drum and the liquid that has passed through the wire is transferred to serve as cleaning water at the preceding washing step. In the basins of the drums, the cellulose is diluted again to be consistent with the original dilution; not until after having ascended onto the drum of the last step is it collected without being diluted after the washing. The dry matter content that can be obtained is on the order of 13 to 15%.

This method is old and traditional and requires ample space and plenty o-f energy because of the complicated matter transporting system. Finnish Patent No. 56865 discloses a more expedient procedure in which the cellulose is washed as a conti-nuous web in that the web being formed in a separate concentra-tion zone is treated in a washing zone comprising 2 to 6, washing steps and in which the washing takes place according to the coun-tercurrent principle by introducing the pressurized pure washing liquid only in the last washing step, in the direction of travel of the web, and which as it percolates through the web displaces ./~' ,\!
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therein the equivalent quantity of the suspension liquid; -this latter, being sub~ect to the pressure of the pure washing liquid throughout the process, in its turn displa~ing suspension liquid from the portion of the pulp web which is in the penultimate washing step and which proceeds to the next washing step. By this process, about 10% concentration is reached in the washed pulp .

However, this process has certain drawbacks. The drained fluid passing through the pulp cake after the last wash-ing step goes back into the pulp cake as of that part which is in the drained fluid pipe system. Thereby the returning liquid impairs the result of washing. The concentration of the washed pulp should also be as high as possible~ for instance with a view to reducing the evaporating costs.
According to the present invention there is provided in a process for washing cellulose on a drum comprising the steps of conducting a continuous pulp web along a path of travel through a plurality of mutually separated washing zones located sequen-tially on the drum with the pulp web containing fluid as it moves through the washing zones, introducing pure washing liquid into the last washing zone in the path of travel of the pulp web on the drum, displacing the suspension fluid contained in the web in the last washing zone by the introduction of the pure washing liquid, providing a drained fluid pipe system on the drum and using the drained fluid pipe system for directing the displaced suspension fluid from the last washing zone to another washing zone upstream in the path of travel from the last washing zone, introducing the displaced suspension fluid from the last washing zone in the another washing zone for displacing the suspension fluid in the web in the another washing zone, repeating the introducing and displacing steps each time into an upstream wash-ing zone from the washing zone where the displacing step is per-formed until the displaced suspension fluid has been introducedinto each washing zone upstream from the last washing zone, the il, improvement comprising before discharging the pulp web from the drum after the pulp web has traversed the last washing zone, emptying part of the fluid from the drained fluid pipe system at a location downstream from the last washing zone and returning the drained fluid therefrom to a washing zone upstream from the last washing zone.

The present invention thus carries out emptying of the drained fluid pipe system before pulp removal and thereby improves the result of the washing and to increase the end con-centration of the pulp. In the process of the invention before discharging the pulp, part of the drained fluid pipe system is emptied and the drained fluid gathered therefrom is returned to an earlier washing step.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention the emptying of the drained fluid pipe system is carried out by draining one pipe at a time through a distribution valve on the end of the drum after the last washing step with sub-atmospheric pressure (vacuum). Hereby no extra piping or valves are required for the emptying process.

In another advantageous embodiment of the invention at the emptying location of the drained fluid pipes there is more than one pipe under the effect of vacuum. This means - 2a -thAt ~ach pipe arriving at the emptying point will be emptied o~ drained ~luid an~ will thereafter by subjec-t to vacuum effect for a further brief period. ~lereby, the vacuum will dry the pulp cake in some of the pipes simul-taneously as it drains, one at a time, new pipes arriving a-t the draining point.

In a further advantageous embodiment o~ the invention the drained fluid is collected in ~ separate drained f]uid tank wherefrom it is re-turned by the aid o-E a pump to -the drained fluid feed of an earlier washing s-tep. In this manner, -the washing liquid i~ recovered. The pulp cake may now be detached e.g. wi-th the aid of compressed air conducted into the drained fluid pipes through said distribution valve.

The present invention will be described wi-th refrence to the accompanying drawing, in which the single Figure sche-matically presents an apparatus for washing cellulose pro-vided with an ul-timate concentrator arrangement according to one embodiment of the invention.

In the figure, the pressure washer 1 has been represented with four arrows 2, 3, 4, 5 represen-ting the flow of -the washing liquid. The pure washing liquid i9 in-troduced at the point indicated by the arrow 2, tha-t is, in -the las-t washing step.
The arroTds 3, 4 and 5 show the circula-tion of the washing liquid -through -the washing steps. The pulp supply is at poin-t 6, and the escaping fluid drained in the washing process is indicated by the arrow 7. A means of this kind is preTriously known for instance -through the ~innish Patent No. 56564.

When the washing has proceeded -to the step in which the pulp is detached, at poin-t 13 each drained fluid pipe 14 from the fourth washing step is sucked empty of drained fluid with the aid of Tracuum through the pipe 8 into the tank 9, whence -the drained fluid is returned by the pipe 10 -to the third, i.e. the penul-timate, washing s-tep, as shown by the arrow 3. This empty-35~

i.ng concl,uded, the pul~ web is removed by blowing, in a mannerknown in itself, con~pressed air ln-to one of the drained f].uid pi.pes 15 tha-t has passed -the poi.nt 1~, -through a connector 11.
The poin-t 13 is a component of tne washer, its task and struc tural desi.gn being k~own e.g. through the Finnish Patent No.
5656~. ' This emptying of the drained -fluid pipe and circulating o-f the drained fluid recurs as a continuous process and re~uires no machinery shut-down or other extra measures, at least not in the case of the comparat:ively slow-running cellulose washing apparatus concerned here. ~herefore, in the manner introduced in the foregoing, the result of washing can be subs-tan-tially improved and the end concentration of the pu].p cake can be increased even up to 15~

Claims (4)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. In a process for washing cellulose on a drum com-prising the steps of conducting a continuous pulp web along a path of travel through a plurality of mutually separated washing zones located sequentially on the drum with the pulp web contain-ing fluid as it moves through the washing zones, introducing pure washing liquid into the last washing zone in the path of travel of the pulp web on the drum, displacing the suspension fluid con-tained in the web in the last washing zone by the introduction of the pure washing liquid, providing a drained fluid pipe system on the drum and using the drained fluid pipe system for directing the displaced suspension fluid from the last washing zone to another washing zone upstream in the path of travel from the last washing zone, introducing the displaced suspension fluid from the last washing zone in the another washing zone for displacing the suspension fluid in the web in the another washing zone, repeat-ing the introducing and displacing steps each time into an upstream washing zone from the washing zone where the displacing step is performed until the displaced suspension fluid has been introduced into each washing zone upstream from the last washing zone, the improvement comprising before discharging the pulp web from the drum after the pulp web has traversed the last washing zone, emptying part of the fluid from the drained fluid pipe sys-tem at a location downstream from the last washing zone and returning the drained fluid therefrom to a washing zone upstream from the last washing zone.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein the step of emptying part of the fluid from the drained fluid pipe system includes emptying one pipe at a time through a distribution valve located on the end of the drum with the aid of a vacuum.
3. A process according to claim 2, wherein at the location of emptying the drained fluid pipe system placing more than one pipe of the drained fluid pipe system under the effect of the vacuum.
4. A process according to claim 1, including the step of collecting the drained fluid form the drained fluid pipe sys-tem in a separate drained fluid tank and using a pump for convey-ing the drained fluid to the upstream washing zone.
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